Thunder in the East (1952)
TRAPPED...in revolt-riddled Ghandahar!
97 min
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.
- Release date
- December 27, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Alan Ladd as Steve Gibbs
- Deborah Kerr as Joan Willoughby
- Charles Boyer as Prime Minister Singh
- Corinne Calvet as Lizette Simon
- Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Willoughby
- Marc Cavell as Moti Lal
- John Abbott as Nitra Puta
- Philip Bourneuf as Newah Khan
- John Williams as General Sir Henry Harrison
- Charles Lung as Maharajah
Crew
- Charles Vidor · Director
- Jo Swerling · Writer
- George Tabori · Writer
- Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · Writer
- Alan Moorehead · Writer
- Everett Riskin · Producer
- Hugo Friedhofer · Composer
- Lee Garmes · Cinematographer
- Everett Douglas · Editor